TOTONKO

li wei uses his own body as the focal point of his work, on this series which began back in 2002 “falls” is characterized by him falling from the sky in various parts of the world. every image is real and not generated by computer, just the wires and scaffolding which keep him upright where cropped out.

‘if you picture someone falling to earth from another planet, there would really be no soft landing, whether the landing were in china or in another part of the world. this feeling of having fallen headfirst into the unknown and of having nothing firm under one’s feet is familiar to everyone. one doesn’t have to actually fall from another planet to feel that way.’ - LW

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a new issue of Be|Different (itlian contemporary art magazine) is now avairable for free in its PDF format. in this issue “new ecology” with artists like: gianrico agresta, paolo baraldi, felipe cardeña, enrica casentini, francesco cervelli, vanni cuoghi, loris dogana, tamara ferioli, simone fugazzotto, michele manzini and paco.

you can get it here  | new ecology

in a peculiar combination between painting, photography, scanned objects and photoshop,  maggie taylor’s  fascinating  images come alive.

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yulia brodskaya’s impressive work, paper graphics, is made with small strips of colored paper to create amazing intricate designs.

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a new issue of Be|Different (itlian contemporary art magazine) is now avairable for free in its PDF format. in this issue “mutations” by the view of ALE+ALE, alessandro bavari, franco brambilla, mirko canesi, el gato chimney, fulvio di piazza, james kalinda, simone lucciola, orticanoodles, ozmo, paco, paper resistance, vacon and ezio vecchi. we can see the artistic perseption on the streets. 

take a look on this publication that’s characterized on having a few words and a alot of visual content. 

yo can get it here | www.bedifferent.it

the first monkey on twitter, jimmy, makes a post each time it hits 140 characters, and if you decide to follow him he’ll try to type your name.

+ information | http://www.theluckymonkey.net/

or @macacodasorte

the work of london-based artist gonkar gyatso characterized by the mixture between iconic thangka art and modern icons with a bit of humour as well as political commentary is now on display at venice biennal. take a closer look after the jump.

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simon schubert impressive work on plain paper forms an intricate perspective by just creasing it.

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esta impresionante pared interactiva de festo es una mezcla entre arquitectura interactiva y una escultura viva.

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la obra de tara donovan esta hecha a base de productos comunes de uso diario, como vasos de plástico, popotes y platos desechables donde crea impresionantes instalaciones a gran escala. su obra esta siendo presentada en ACE gallery, los ángeles.

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